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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2026

Assessing Psychiatric Symptoms in Autistic Youth Using the K-CAT

Paige E Cervantes, Robert D Gibbons, Cecilia B Becker, Yehuda Cohen, Sarah M Horwitz

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Paige E CervantesDepartment of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. paige.cervantes@vcuhealth.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-0063
Robert D GibbonsCenter for Health Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Cecilia B BeckerDepartment of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Yehuda CohenAdaptive Testing Technologies, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sarah M HorwitzDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Modifying and validating the K-CAT mental health scales for children and adolescents on the autism spectrumR44MH138162 · NIMH · ADAPTIVE TESTING TECHNOLOGIES · PI Paige Elizabeth Cervantes, Yehuda Cohen · 2024 to 2026
$1.4M
NIMH NIH HHS R44MH138162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhile highly prevalent, mental health (MH) challenges in autistic youth often go unrecognized due in part to the lack of an accurate, comprehensive MH assessment tool. The K-CAT

methodsOne hundred fifty-five 7-to-17-year-old autistic youth without intellectual disability and their caregivers completed the K-CAT

resultsThe K-CAT

conclusionsResults may signal challenges with using the existing K-CAT

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AutismK-CAT®Mental health screeningPsychiatric assessment

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PMID42658421

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